Wow! It's been over a year since I've updated this blog. Actually I thought I deleted it and was surprised to find it still up and running. So here's the upate in a nutshell.... (copied from my other blog.)

~meds were affecting my liver and kidneys
~switched meds
~some things are better, some are not
~everything remains unpredictable
~more popping, more cysts
~my options are becoming more limited
~having a harder time maintaining a good attitude

I've been doing some more research and I'm trying something new. It's a 3 day water fast followed by a 4 day rotation diet. The premise behind it states that it takes 3 days for a food to clear your system. Clear the foods. Start over by introducing one at a time. Chart the progress....blah blah blah.

So I've been food free since 3pm yesterday. My reading tells me to expect detox flares. Sure enough I woke up in the middle of the night with a throbbing knee. My experience is that knees and shoulders don't last long but are pretty intense. This one is not so intense, but I won't be walking my neighborhood today.
Is it a detox flare? Or would it have happened anyway? I don't know.

So my plan is to lay low for a few days. Drink gallons of water. Pray. And smile.

And yes, it would've made more sense to wait until after VBS, after Texas, and after our Colorado visit. But I figured, why wait? By next week, I'll be eating again and maybe even feeling better.

In the meantime I want to be sweet to family and not go off on the person standing the closest or melt into a puddle of tears. Both of which are entirely possible.

Will you pray for me? And if you have any experience with rotation diets can you pass it along?